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Quote of the day—Jeffrey C. Dege

Yes, there are people who are terrified of guns, but that is their problem, not ours.

I’m not suggesting that we be argumentative, but I am suggesting that we shouldn’t hide. Every time we act as if gun ownership is something to be embarrassed about, we help convince the people in the middle that the anti-gunners are right.

When someone asks me what I did over the weekend or a holiday I tell them about the match I participated, the ammo I reloaded, or the preparation work for Boomershoot I did. When friends come to the house to visit I show them my reloading bench. And I take new shooters from work, friends, and family to the range.

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That’s a very thought provoking post. Even though my shooting habit is an open book via my “online” life, and I don’t make effort to hide my identity. I’ve gone back and forth on outing myself at work. I did just as you described years ago, and even took a bunch of coworkers to the range. After that it became a topic of discussion. I even had coworker who would introduce me to new hires, and even potential hires, with the info that I carry a gun so they better not piss me off. (He’s a former Marine.) Others in the office started picking up that habit. We eventually had a long talk about that.

Things have died done recently, and it’s a private discussion matter with a few select folks. Although our CIO announced it at a managers meeting, frightening my newest director. Now I overhear discussions between a few of my staff regarding their gun interests. One has even apparently been a bullseye shooter since she was six. Now I am torn about sharing.

About that issue of fear, which touches on most all issues;
Fear, or “triggering” or worry, or taking offense; any such weakness is seen by the leftist agitators as strength.

The feeling of victimhood is their currency.

The coveted status as Exalted Victim is thought to empower a person to near totality. You cannot criticize the Exalted Victim, or argue with him, or even silently disagree, nor ever question him, for that would make you a bigot.

Thus, if you own a gun and your gun makes any one person nervous, it is your fault, your are a terrible person, and you are obligated to back off, go away, sit down and keep quiet. You are an outlaw in the sense that anything done to make YOU suffer is justified and even virtuous.

It is your political allegiance. If you’re on the wrong side you can never be a victim even if you’re beaten, robbed or killed. It is Social Justice. In the mind of the leftist, the same holds true regardless of the issue.

One of the ironic aspects of the “victim = power” ruse is that the leftists have been trying as hard as they can to MAKE people fear guns. Thus if anyone is to blame for frightening other people, making other people dependent, and so on, the left has far more guilt. They specialize in fear and hate mongering, for only the emotional, ignorant, dysfunctional wreck of human being will want more government intervention and coercive redistribution. It’s all about emotion as a replacement for objectivity and moral consistency.

“Be out, proud, safe, and sane.”
Pride is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Otherwise I agree totally. Therefore I would say;
“Be out, be confident, be cheerful, safe and sane.”

If confidence and cheer turn to pride, we are no longer on the right path. Let the other side be proud, and watch them fall.

It could argued that most of the suffering in your life is, directly or indirectly, the result of pride, but that’s for another conversation.

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